Soup-er Wolves players help
Wolves football stars had a humbling experience when they volunteered at a soup kitchen in Wolverhampton.
Leon Clarke, Ethan Ebanks-Landell and Aaron McCarey served food at Darlington Street Methodist Church.
The kitchen welcomes up to 300 people and relies on donations from people, businesses, shops and restaurants. The Wolves players donned aprons and gloves and helped dish out soup and other main meals at the city centre church. Brother Steven Brennan, one of the managers at the Good Shepherd Ministries project, said: "It was a beautiful experience for the people here," he said. "People couldn't believe their eyes when the players walked in, it was a really nice surprise. The players jumped straight in and got cracking, it was marvellous."
"I was delighted to see how respectful they were – they took the task very seriously."
Brother Steven said they were always on the lookout for volunteers and donations. They serve soup, pizza, quiche, cakes, tea and coffee, and whatever else has been donated.
He added: "There's a lot of visible poverty and hardship around in Wolverhampton and it affects every age group."
"We have children, families and a lot of single men.
"Because of the numbers you're never too sure if you'll have enough.
"But we also have a large team of committed volunteers who work tremendously hard.
"And of course lots of people donate – restaurants will donate food and many people come in almost weekly with bags of groceries."The church is on the corner of Darlington Street, with the soup kitchen on Thursdays and Saturdays at 2pm.
